The Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (''Archidioecesis Bonaerensis'') is one of thirteen Latin Metropolitan

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of the

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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, South America. The Archbishopric of Buenos Aires is the Primatial see (protocollary first-rank) of Argentina, although the incumbent Metropolitan may be outranked by Cardinals or more senior ones. On 13 March 2013, then-Archbishop Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as

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, under the name of Francis. The current archbishop, since 28 March 2013, is

Mario Aurelio Poli Mario Aurelio Poli (; born 29 November 1947) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires since April 2013. He previously served as the Bishop of Santa Rosa from 2008 to 2013. Pope Francis, his ...

, appointed by Pope Francis to succeed him as Archbishop of Buenos Aires.

Statistics and extent

At the beginning of the twentieth century,

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was the second largest

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city in the

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after

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. In 2014 the Archdiocese pastorally served 2,721,000 Catholics (91.6% of 2,971,000 total) in an area of 205 km² in 186

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and 183 missions with 783 priests (456 diocesan, 327 religious), 11 deacons, 1,915 lay religious (477 brothers, 1,438 sisters) and 53 seminarians. It is divided into the four zonal vicaries—Flores, Devoto, Belgrano and Centro—which are further subdivided into 20 deaconates.

Special churches

* Its

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mother church is the

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, dedicated to the

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, in the autonomous city of

, the national capital of

. * It also has the following

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s, all in the metropolitan Buenos Aires area: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Buenos Aires, Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Buenos Aires, Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad, Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Socorro, Basílica de San Antonio de Padua, Basílica de San Carlos Borromeo y María Auxiliadora, Basílica de San Francisco de Asís, Basílica de San José de Flores, Basílica de San Nicolás de Bari (a National Shrine), Basílica de Santa Rosa de Lima, Basílica del Espíritu Santo, Basílica del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Buenos Aires and Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento.

Ecclesiastical province

The archdiocese has eleven

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sees, of which nine are Latin: * Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellaneda-Lanús * Roman Catholic Diocese of Gregorio de Laferrere * Roman Catholic Diocese of Lomas de Zamora * Roman Catholic Diocese of Morón *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilmes The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilmes is located in the city of Quilmes, capital of Quilmes Partido, in the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. It was established by Pope Paul VI on 19 June 1976. Bishops Ordinaries * Jorge Novak, S.V.D. (197 ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro The Diocese of San Isidro is an administrative division of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina. It was established on 11 February 1957 and covers an area of . Bishops Ordinaries * Antonio María Aguirre (1957–1985) * Jorge Casaretto (1985� ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Justo The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Justo is located in the city of San Justo, in the province of Buenos Aires. It was established by Pope Paul VI on 18 July 1969. Bishops Ordinaries * Jorge Carlos Carreras (1969–1982) * Rodolfo Bufano (198 ...

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* Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel It also has two Eastern Catholic suffragans : *

Maronite Eparchy of San Charbel of Buenos Aires Maronite Catholic Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires ( es, Eparquía de San Charbel en Buenos Aires; la, Eparchia Sancti Sarbelii Bonaërensis Maronitarum) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Ar ...

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History

* It was erected on 6 April 1620 as Diocese of Buenos Aires, on territory split off from the then

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. * It lost territories on 14 August 1832 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Montevideo (now Metropolitan) and again on 13 June 1859 to establish the Diocese of Paraná (now Metropolitan) * Elevated on 5 March 1866 to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. * Lost territories again in 1884 to establish the

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and on February 15, 1897 to establish the then

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* On 20 April 1934 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Viedma * It received Papal visits from

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in June 1982 and April 1987.

Bishops

(all

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)

Episcopal ordinaries

;''Bishops of Buenos Aires'' # Pedro Carranza Salinas, O.Carm. (1620–1632) #

Cristóbal de Aresti Martínez de Aguilar Cristóbal de Aresti Martínez de Aguilar, O.S.B. (1578–1641) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Buenos Aires (1635–1641) and Bishop of Paraguay (1629–1635). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Cristóbal de Aresti Martínez de Aguilar w ...

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(1635–1641) # Cristóbal de la Mancha y Velazco, O.P. (1641–1673) # Antonio de Azcona Imberto (1676–1700) # Gabriel de Arregui, O.F.M. (1712–1716), appointed

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(1713–1729) #

Juan de Arregui Juan de Arregui (June 24, 1656 – †1736) was a Spanish Franciscan priest native of America and became Roman Catholic Bishop of Buenos Aires in 1730. de Arrgui was born on 24 June 1656 in Buenos Aires (then in Governorate of the Río de la Pla ...

, O.F.M. (1730–1736) # José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, O.P. (1738–1746), appointed Bishop of La Paz # Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont (1749–1757), appointed

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# Benito Lué y Riega (1802–1812) # Mariano Medrano y Cabrera (1829–1851) ;''Archbishops of Buenos Aires'' # Mariano José de Escalada Bustillo y Zeballos (1854–1870) # Federico León Aneiros (1873–1894) # Uladislao Castellano (1895–1900) # Mariano Antonio Espinosa (1900–1923) # José María Bottaro y Hers, O.F.M. (1926–1932) # Cardinal

Santiago Copello Santiago Luis Copello (7 January 1880 – 9 February 1967) was an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Buenos Aires from 1932 to 1959, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935. Copello served as the firs ...

(1932–1959), appointed Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church #

Fermín Emilio Lafitte Fermín Lafitte (November 2, 1888 – August 8, 1959) was an Argentine Roman Catholic cleric, serving as Archbishop of Córdoba and, briefly, as Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Biography Lafitte was born in Peyrun, Hautes-Pyrénées Department ...

(1959) # Cardinal

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(1959–1975) # Cardinal

Juan Carlos Aramburu Juan Carlos Aramburu (February 11, 1912 – November 18, 2004) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1975 to 1990, and was named to the College of Cardinals by Pope Paul VI in 1976. Biography Aramburu was born in rura ...

(1975–1990) # Cardinal Antonio Quarracino (1990–1998) # Cardinal

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, S.J. (1998–2013), elected

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# Cardinal

(2013–present)

Coadjutor archbishops

(1958–1959) * Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu (1967–1975); future Cardinal *

, S.J. (1997–1998); future Cardinal and Pope Francis

Auxiliary Bishops of Buenos Aires

* Miguel Moises Araoz (1871–1883) * Juan Agustín Boneo (1893–1898), appointed Bishop of Santa Fe * Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada (1898–1900), appointed Bishop of La Plata * Gregorio Ignazio Romero (1899–1915) * Francisco Alberti (1917–1921), appointed Bishop of La Plata and later Archbishop of La Plata * Miguel de Andrea (1919–1960) * Fortunado Devoto (1927–1941) * Santiago Luis Copello (1928), appointed Archbishop here (Cardinal in 1935) * Antonio Rocca (1936–1975) * Tomás Juan Carlos Solari (1943–1948), appointed Archbishop of La Plata * Manuel Tato (1948–1961), appointed Bishop of Santiago del Estero * Manuel Menéndez (1956–1961), appointed Bishop of San Martín * Guillermo Bolatti (1957–1961), appointed Bishop of Rosario and later Archbishop of Rosario * Victorio Manuel Bonamín, Salesians (S.D.B.) (1960–1975) * Jorge Carlos Carreras (1962–1965), appointed Bishop of San Rafael and later Bishop of San Justo * Oscar Félix Villena (1962–1970), appointed Bishop of San Rafael and later Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario * Ernesto Segura (1962–1972) * Manuel Augusto Cárdenas (1962–1975) * Horacio Alberto Bózzoli (1975–1978), appointed Bishop of San Rafael and later Archbishop of Tucumán * Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B. (1975–1992) *

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(1975–2002) * José Manuel Lorenzo (1977–1983), appointed Bishop of San Miguel *

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(1977–1990) * Domingo Salvador Castagna (1978–1984), appointed Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos and later Archbishop of Corrientes *

Luis Héctor Villalba Luis Héctor Villalba (; born 11 October 1934) is an Argentine prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Tucumán from 1999 to 2011. He was an auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 1984 to 1991 and bishop of San Martin from ...

(1984–1991), appointed Bishop of San Martín and later Archbishop of Tucumán (elevated to

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in 2015) *

Eduardo Mirás Eduardo Vincente Mirás (14 November 1929 – 24 February 2022) was an Argentine Roman Catholic bishop. Mirás was born in Argentina and was ordained to the priesthood in 1952. He served as titular bishop of ''Ambia'' and as auxiliary bishop of ...

(1984–1993), appointed Archbishop of Rosario * Rubén Oscar Frassia (1992–1993), appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche and later Bishop of Avellaneda *

, S.J. (1992–1997), appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal and Pope Francis * Héctor Rubén Aguer (1992–1998), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata and later Archbishop of La Plata *

Raúl Omar Rossi Raúl Omar Rossi (August 13, 1938 – February 2, 2003) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 1992 till 2000, when he became bishop of San Martín. Life Born in Gualeguaychú, Rossi was ...

(1992–2000), appointed Bishop of San Martín * José Luis Mollaghan (1993–2000), appointed Bishop of San Miguel and later Archbishop of Rosario *

Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo (20 May 1943 – 4 January 2021) was an Argentine Roman Catholic bishop. Melgarejo was born in Argentina and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He served as titular bishop of ''Ucres'' and as auxiliary bis ...

(1994–2003), appointed Bishop of San Martín * Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul (1999–2008) * Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2000–2005), appointed Bishop of Gualeguaychú and later Coadjutor Archbishop and Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo * Joaquín Mariano Sucunza (2000–present) *

José Antonio Gentico José Antonio Gentico (November 28, 1931 - April 5, 2007) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires from 2001 until his death in 2007. Life Born in Arnedo ...

(2001–2007) * Eduardo Horacio García (2003–2014), appointed Bishop of San Justo * Raúl Martín (2006–2013) * Óscar Vicente Ojea (2006–2009), appointed Coadjutor and later Bishop of San Isidro * Enrique Eguía Seguí (2008–present) *

Luis Alberto Fernández Alara Luis Alberto Fernández Alara (born October 26, 1946) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 2009 until 2013, when he became bishop of Rafaela. Life Born in Lomas de Zamora, Fernández Alar ...

(2009–2013), appointed Bishop of Rafaela * Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (2010–2013), appointed Bishop of Santiago del Estero * Alejandro Daniel Giorgi (2014–present) * Ernesto Giobando, S.J. (2014–present) * Juan Carlos Ares (2014–present) * José María Baliña (2015–present) * Gustavo Oscar Carrara (2017–present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Nicolás Fasolino, appointed Bishop of Santa Fe in 1932; future Cardinal *

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, appointed Bishop of San Luis in 1946 *

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, appointed Bishop of San Isidro in 1957 *

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, appointed Bishop of Goya in 1961 *

Vicente Faustino Zazpe Monsignor Vicente Faustino Zazpe Zarategi (15 February 1920 – 24 January 1984) was an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina. Zazpe (also sometimes spelled ''Zaspe'') was born to Spanish Navarre immigrants in Santa Fe. He attended ...

, appointed Bishop of Rafaela in 1961 *

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Salta in 1962 *

Luis Juan Tomé Luis Juan Tomé (July 19, 1914 - September 25, 1981) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, Mercedes from 1963 till his death in 1981. Life Born in Buenos Aires, Tomé wa ...

, appointed Bishop of Mercedes in 1963 *

Carmelo Juan Giaquinta Carmelo Juan Giaquinta (born 1930-06-22 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine bishop, formerly the Archbishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Resistencia (province of Chaco). Giaquinta was ordained priest in Buenos Aires on 1953-04-04, at the age of 22. H ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Viedma in 1980 *

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, appointed titular Bishop in 1986; future Cardinal *

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, appointed titular Archbishop in 1997; future Cardinal * Fernando Carlos Maletti, appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche in 2001 * Antonio Marino, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata in 2003 *

Eduardo Maria Taussig Eduardo Maria Taussig (born July 4, 1954) is an Argentinian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the bishop of San Rafael from 2004 to 2022. Biography Eduardo Maria Taussig was born in Buenos Aires on 9 July 1954. His family immigrat ...

, appointed Bishop of San Rafael in 2004 *

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná in 2007 *

Luis Mariano Montemayor Luis Mariano Montemayor (born 16 March 1956) is an Argentinian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1991. He began to serve in his present position as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland in Febru ...

, appointed titular Archbishop in 2008 *

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero in 2008 *

Alfredo Horacio Zecca Alfredo Horacio Zecca (27 September 1949 – 4 November 2022) was an Argentine prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Tucumán from 2011 to 2017, when he resigned for health reasons. Life Zecca was born in Buenos Ai ...

, appointed Archbishop of Tucumán in 2011 *

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(priest here, 1986-2000), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia in 2014 * Han Lim Moon, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Martín in 2014 *

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 2014 *

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia in 2017 * Luis Dario Martín, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa in 2019 *

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 2019

References

Sources and external links

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